/// Specialist technical & executive search
Helping the most technically demanding companies hire the engineers they can’t find through conventional means.
The full silicon journey: design through to volume manufacturing.
Get in touch →Tacit Search is a specialist technical and executive search firm serving the semiconductor, AI hardware and deep-tech sectors.
Backed by over two decades of sector experience and established networks, we identify and secure technical and executive capability that strengthens organisations, delivers competitive advantage and enables innovation.
Headquartered in Cardiff, our mission is to help organisations solve their most complex hiring challenges by connecting them with specialised engineering talent that traditional methods often miss.
The name reflects our founding principle: tacit knowledge. The kind that cannot be replicated quickly is what defines the difference between a recruitment partner who understands this market and one who simply operates in it. Twenty years of immersion in this field has produced the networks, technical understanding and sector insight that our clients rely on.
We focus on the hires that matter most: roles that are hardest to fill, highest in consequence and where the margin between the right appointment and the wrong one is measured in programme months, product milestones and competitive position.
Our clients range from well-funded start-ups scaling towards first silicon and initial product delivery, to established technology companies hiring for their most critical and niche technical programmes. What they share is a common challenge: the roles most important to their roadmap are the hardest to fill through conventional means.
That is precisely the problem Tacit Search was built to solve.
Deliberate, exacting search informed by deep understanding.
Trust built through expertise, consistency and results.
Professional integrity in every interaction.
Tacit Search covers the full journey: design through to manufacturing. Disciplines we recruit every day include:
We deliver tailored search solutions across permanent, contract and retained mandates, supporting organisations where capability, timing and precision are critical. Our approach is adapted to the complexity and strategic importance of each requirement, ensuring access to the right individuals at the right time.
Targeted, research-led search for senior leadership and C-suite appointments where technical depth and strategic capability must be assessed rigorously. We engage the highest levels of the engineering & technology community with discretion and genuine sector understanding.
An exclusive, partnership-driven model where we dedicate project teams, deep research, proactive headhunting, and a structured process to find rare or executive tech talent.
Targeted identification and placement of long-term technical and leadership capability aligned to long term projects, culture and strategic direction.
Provision of flexible talent solutions providing experienced and technical professionals and consultants to support programme delivery, project execution and time-critical capability requirements.
Our reach is UK-wide and increasingly global, but our edge comes from where we’re rooted. Tacit Search sits inside the cluster rather than near it: headquartered in Cardiff, embedded in South Wales’ semiconductor manufacturing base, with a direct network across Bristol and the South West’s AI hardware and chip design community, and relationships that extend across the UK’s other major hubs and into international markets.
Recruiting excellence, shaped by experience.
All enquiries are handled in confidence.
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